Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all South Carolina counties, Allendale County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (73.41%), followed by Williamsburg County (64.72%), and Lee County (63.49%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Carolina counties.

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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Allendale
Williamsburg
Lee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Fairfield
Marion
Hampton
Marlboro
Clarendon
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 73.41
2 Williamsburg County 64.72
3 Lee County 63.49
4 Orangeburg County 61.75
5 Bamberg County 60.12
6 Fairfield County 57.59
7 Marion County 56.28
8 Hampton County 53.2
9 Marlboro County 50.84
10 Clarendon County 47.5
11 Sumter County 47.18
12 McCormick County 47.02
13 Richland County 46.75
14 Dillon County 46.67
15 Barnwell County 43.9
16 Jasper County 42.38
17 Florence County 42.21
18 Darlington County 41.24
19 Calhoun County 41.2
20 Colleton County 37.66
21 Chester County 36.76
22 Edgefield County 35.62
23 Chesterfield County 32.69
24 Greenwood County 31.63
25 Georgetown County 31.51
26 Union County 31.4
27 Newberry County 30.64
28 Abbeville County 27.97
29 Charleston County 27.27
30 Laurens County 25.19
31 Dorchester County 25.16
32 Saluda County 24.99
33 Aiken County 24.72
34 Kershaw County 24.34
35 Berkeley County 24.04
36 Lancaster County 21.58
37 Cherokee County 20.55
38 Spartanburg County 20.49
39 York County 18.99
40 Beaufort County 18
41 Greenville County 17.96
42 Anderson County 16.03
43 Lexington County 14.73
44 Horry County 13.08
45 Oconee County 7.53
46 Pickens County 6.68